Finding JOY in the JOURNEY...: Relief Society Birthday Dinner

March 27, 2010

Relief Society Birthday Dinner

We got a cup for every year that we have been in Relief Society and had to stack them up...These three started a new tower since the other one was getting pretty tall!

I love Relief Society! I have grown up in the ward and most of these women have known me since I was born!

We got to decorate cupcakes and I think I found me new favorite thing to bake! I am usuallly a brownie girl but it was fun to frost these:-P Stephaine's husbandis our Home teacher (on the left) and Emily's last name is BRADSHAW and her husband and my Dad met a few years back and traced back some geneology to find out we are related! It is so weird to hear someone call them Sis. or Bro. bradshaw becuase I always turn to look for my parents! LOL

Me and my one of my favorite Visitng Teacher's RACHEL (Love you too Annie) and she was in charge of the Salad bar and it was SO yummy!!!

I really love my ward...I grew up in it and I always feel like Im going to a family reunion when I go to church or activities. AFter eating we split up into "families" and had Family Home Evening. It was really nice. Its so hard to do FHE wit just Lee and I..and we honestly have never done one. We used to go up to the Visitors Center on Monday nights but with Lee's health going downhill we haven't been in a while. So I would love some ideas of how to do FHE when you dont have kids and its just the two of you:-D

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Once upon a time...

Mibi grew up in Laie and attended Kahuku High and Lee grew up in Haleiwa and Mililani and attended Mililani High. Mibi went to College at BYU-Hawaii and then served a mission in the Utah Ogden Mission before meeting the man of her dreams. After school, Lee jumped into the workforce looking for his career and eventually ended up working for Mibi's family flower shop at Turtle Bay while Mibi was serving her mission...and never thought that this job would lead him to his "Angel". We met in Septmeber of 2001 after I returned home from my mission. I came back to the flower shop to manage things for my Mom and Lee had left to pursue his education. Well a few months later, Lee's education path didn't take the direction he had hoped and instead life lead him back to Turtle Bay. The first thing he did was call Mom to get his job back and of course she said YES. So, I was Lee's boss and there was an instant friendship...it felt as if we had known each other our entire lives. We kept it strictly business for a few weeks and then one night I was gong to make a Wal-Mart run after work and called him to see if he wanted to come along. His phone was busy (the days before call waiting) and I almost gave up...but after a few more tries he picked up and from that night on we were inseperable. I think we told each other our life stories that night and we both knew then that our lives would never be the same! Over the next year, we formed a deep love and respect for each other which kept us connected through a few rough patches and across the ocean as Mibi moved back to Utah. Finally after a year of being best friends, we both realized that there is no one on earth we would rather be with than each other! We were a couple for about two years when Lee proposed to me and we tied the knot at the exact place we first met...the same hotel the flower shop was located when we worked there...TURTLE BAY. And to add to our JOY, we have a beautiful daughter Savannah (Lee's biological and Mibi's spiritual daughter ) who we just ADORE! She is so smart, funny, outgoing, a jabberbox like her Dad and just the cutest thing you have ever seen!!! We also are praying that we can give her a little brother or sister sometime in the next year or two!!! Until then we have a Doberman (Kayla) and a cat (Shadow) that we spoil rotten and of course all of our Nieces and Nephew's. It has been almost 8 years of wedded bliss and although we have had our ups and downs, each experience has made us grow more in love with each other and are still each others best friend!